A Public University’s Online Journey: Hunt Lambert of CSU (Part 3)

SM: At this point of your career, the Internet was not yet in full swing but you had done a lot of work with telecom companies. What comes next?

HL: I came back to the States in 1991 and headed strategic planning for US West. The biggest focus we had there was building the businesses that would leverage the Internet. I spent the next four years helping start companies such as Trip.com. >>>

Free Strategy Roundtable on Cisco Telepresence Sept 15

There are still a few openings in Santa Clara, London and Hyderabad for entrepreneurs to participate in person in Sramana Mitra’s free “Positioning Strategy Roundtable” Telepresence Video Conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get feedback on your business idea, have specific questions answered, and to interact face-to-face with Sramana and other entrepreneurs. You can find more details and location addresses on each registration page below. >>>

Forbes Column 2009: Building Your Personal Brand

Zero In this week looks at the issue of idle youth talent, offering ideas on how to harness their energy and groom the next generation. Read: Building Your Personal Brand. In it are featured many of the authors you have gotten to know over the last few months on this blog — my interns for the summer of 2009. >>>

A Public University’s Online Journey: Hunt Lambert of CSU (Part 2)

SM: What did you do after you left MIT?

HL: I went to another startup company that developed a software application for predicting human behavior. It was very good, so good that it became a top-secret program, and that was the end of the startup for me. >>>

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: “Iron out the wrinkles on your entrepreneurship canvas”

Adarsh Rao delves into “Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction” on her blog, Ek Sparsh:
 
“The strength of the book lies in its approachability to the average reader while keeping the veteran interested in nuggets of wisdom in the interviews.  >>>

Innovation: Off the Beaten Path

By Guest Author Jordan Cole

Innovation is the intersection of invention and insight, leading to the creation of economic value. The university has long been regarded as the most efficient innovation engine but, as this essay will argue, this is a misguided and even false impression. >>>

A Public University’s Online Journey: Hunt Lambert of CSU (Part 1)

Hunt Lambert is the Associate Provost of Continuing Education at Colorado State University and CEO of CSU Global Campus. Hunt is the former director of the Colorado State University Entrepreneurship Center and a faculty member of the College of Business. During his businesses career he was part of 25 startups. He teaches strategy and business plan development in the school’s MBA program. He has helped another 15 startups since he joined CSU seven years ago, including Solix Biofuels, EnviroFit, Abound (AVA) Solar, Keen Foods and AML.

SM: Hunt, let’s start with your background before we get to the Colorado story.

HL: I was born with an entrepreneurial spirit and started doing things on my own at a very young age. I worked as a bartender in the Caribbean at age 13. In the summer I would buy old cars, fix them, and re-sell them. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: InXpo

As discussed in an earlier post, overall travel demand is expected to fall 11% in the year. The biggest impact will likely be on corporate travel, where budgets are expected to be down 15%. While the current quarter’s trends might suggest that demand is bottoming out, there is no denying that businesses are still restricting travel. Today we focus on a company that sees business opportunities in higher travel costs, the difficulties that are increasingly associated with travel, and technological advances relating to user experience over the Internet. >>>